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How to specify the git submodule URL dynamically in .gitmodules file? [duplicate]

My repository's .gitmodules file is currently like this : [submodule "app/src/main/assets/my-submodule-repository"] path = app/src/main/assets/my-submodule-repository url = git@...
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How to get git includeIf work for submodule

[core] editor = \"C:\\Microsoft VS Code\\bin\\code\" --wait [includeIf "gitdir/i:D:/code/project/"] path = project.gitconfig [includeIf "gitdir/i:D:/code/project/acts/...
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No .gitmodules file to add the line ignore = dirty

So currently I am getting this error in my terminal when trying to commit/push: Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "...
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How do I edit an external submodule, and push it to my own repo?

I am working on my thesis, where I extend another paper. This paper has made all their code public in repo X, also using a submodule themselves: let's call that one Y. For my own project, I have made ...
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git push specific files to another remote

I have a git repository containing several linked projects like |-- configs | |-- A.py | `-- B.py |-- datasets | |-- a.py | |-- b.py | `-- c.py |-- models | |-- x.py | `-- y.py `-- ...
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Proper Workflow for Using GitHub submodules with Azure Devops Pipelines (Adding and Checking out)

I know about this question: Checkout git submodule from azure pipeline but this answer does not get into how to properly create the submodule in the first place using GitHub PATs. [My setup] I have ...
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Is it possible to clone a submodule in git without getting its master branch?

Say that I have a repo A, that has a submodule B. B has a branch X that A is interested in. Is it possible to clone A, and then get branch X for B, without also pulling down B's master. I tried having ...
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How do I edit Flutter submodule code and run with native app?

I have a native android project with custom flutter library (that depends on other flutter lib dependency with native android and iOS) that added as a submodule and dependency set up as described here:...
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SonarCloud can't clone private submodules in GitHub workflow

I am running a SonarCloud Scan on a private GitHub repo which contains private submodules from the same organization My workflow file /.github/workflows/build.yml is: jobs: build: name: Build ...
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Missing common classes on a KMM project when integrated in an Android App as a Gradle project

I have an existing Android app where I like to integrate a KMM library project as a git submodule. We want to integrate a git submodule on local builds and using a maven repository dependency on CI ...
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Typescript project not recognizing property from git submodule

I have a project that has a git submodule with a few shared components, when I try to set the interface to define the component properties it works only when it's everything inside the same file. Here'...
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Overly Complicated Git w/Mega-Project & Nested Repos

I'm working on a large project with many sub-components all related to one another and referencing each other. The directory structure looks something like this, with each bullet being a directory, ...
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Correct approach for dependencies with npm when dealing with submodules

i have some questions and regarding the proper way to handle dependencies in nested projects, added via git submodules. lets assume this structure: further assume in the top-level package.json ...
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How to make a submodule behave as. a submodule in git?

I have created 2 submodules in my project. But, these submodules seem to have the commit history of the entire project, not just for the submodule. When I push from the submodule to remote repository ...
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Error: fatal: Fetched in submodule path 'repository_name', but it did not contain 'SHA-1'. Direct fetching of that commit failed

I'm trying to build & deploy my website through github pages but i keep getting these two errors in "jobs > build > checkout > fetching submodules" for one of my repositories. ...
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How to move from Git Submodule to Visual Studio Multi Repo

Right now I have a main repo that contains and uses another repo as a submodule. I want to move to VS Multi Repo and I'm looking for a way to point my SubRepo's branch, same as Git Submodule uses ....
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Handling submodules while taking pull on parent repository

I have created one simple android application. In this application, I am using another submodule git repository. When I add git submodule into my parent project it creates some entries in the parent's ...
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ERROR in Plugin "react" was conflicted between

Im using another react repo (lets call it design), in my main react app, as a git submodule. I use webpack to build the main app. After integrating the submodule in the app, Im getting the following ...
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fatal: remote error: upload-pack: not our ref

We are seeing an odd error only on our CI. We have a git repository (let's call it "OUTER") which contains one submodule ("INNER"). If we clone "OUTER" normally on our ...
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npm ERR! git dep preparation failed

I'm trying to install a library from github using npm. I run into the following errors when using the line: npm i --save --save-dev --force --legacy-peer-deps I receive tons of errors such as: npm ...
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git - Copy History of A project with submodules to existing single project

I have a git project contains 10 submodules project. I migrated this project to another as a single project. (All submodules are just a folder in the new project now) Is there anyway to migrate the ...
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Git submodule ignore error at branch checkout when that submodule does not have that branch

I have 6 sub modules in a git repository, says submodule1, submodule2,... submodule6. On 4 sub modules: submodule1/2/4/5 I have a branch, says featureABC, on them. When I run the checkout command: $ ...
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How to avoid duplicate GIT submodule content after moving to another folder? warning: unable to rmdir 'xxx': Directory not empty

Initial Situation / Goal I have a GIT repository with a submodule let's say under <root>/Modules/SomePath/Example. I want to move this submodule to a new location, let's say <root>/...
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A way to always have latest changes from separate repositories?

I have two repositories: main and extra. I want main to have extra as a new extension and I'm weighing some options on how to do so. I've seen that I could accomplish this with sub-modules, subtrees, ...
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Mary Xu
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git push recurse-submodules does not work

I just start to use git submodule, but the behavior is not as expected when push submodules recursively. My git version is 2.26.2.dirty. My repo is simple, where root-project has one submodule '...
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git merge remote but the .gitmodules not affected

I'm trying to modify a few codes of a time-series database TDengine (https://github.com/taosdata/TDengine) and intend to contribute back. I forked it to my github account. Then I set it as a remote ...
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Why does Git submodule always tracks the commit that was current when I made the project

So I have repo A and inside this repo I have repo B as a submodule. Whenever I clone my repo A from github it always comes with whatever was the head of repo B when I made the project. Is there a way ...
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How to sharing code between two projects on Azure Databricks

I have two ML projects on Azure Databricks that work almost the same except that they are for different clients. Essentially I want to use some management system so I can share and reuse the same code ...
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Submodules as yarn workspaces

I've read that workspace packages should not be git submodules (source1, source2). e.g. this setup restricts the content of packages root ├── packages │ ├── package1 # a yarn workspace - should not ...
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How to have the .github workflows sharable or reusable

We have a repo that contains a bunch of workflows that we want to share amongst all of our dev repositories. github-common-workflows repository: workflows/build.yml workflows/test.yml Is there a ...
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Trying to add an already cloned repo as a submodule gives error 'does not have a commit checked out'

Basically I have a repo where I cloned another repo. And now I want to add that sub-repo as a submodule of the parent repo but when I do git submodule add http://sub-repo path-to-sub-repo on the ...
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git submodule update fails unless each submodule updated individually

I have a repository with submodules hosted on a server accessed using ssh with google-authenticator 2fa. There are no nested submodules. After cloning the repository: $ git submodule init $ git ...
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Need to import a module not in the sys.path from a module. What's the best approach?

I think I understand "import" system in Python pretty thoroughly, but I am a bit confused about the "best" approaches in several situation. In my case, I have this folder structure:...
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After adding submodule, nuget restores all packages to submodule packages directory in Azure Devops Build

Scenario: We wanted to move some code over to a new repo (NewSln), so we created that new repo, and then added the code back as a submodule in the original repo (OldSln). Had to modify a few ...
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For a git submodule, which commit will be cloned if no version is specified in .gitmodules?

Does git follow a certain set of rules when the .gitmodules file only specifies path and url for a submodule?
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Trigger automatic pull/push for submodule after new commit appear

I have a project A and I have added a submodule to another project B. I see that the submodule used in A is referring to a particular commit, and I would like this to be updated every time a new ...
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Not able to find proto file from GIT submodule on remote branch

I’m new to submodule and trying to add submodule that contains proto files to my gradle project. project A src/main/proto pointing to submodule project B In my local, I’m able to compile this proto ...
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How to update git submodule to a specific commit?

git submodule update --remote Above command updates the submodule to latest commit however I want to update to a specific commit (e.g. to some commit hash). How to achieve that ?
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Is it possible to add a submodule to a submodule from the top-level git repository?

I'm working on a few game development projects that use the open-source Godot Engine, which supports modules and add-on scripts. Our team manages a Git repository for the project, as well as some ...
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Updating git submodule inside a submodule

I have a submodule inside my repo for example repo/submodule1. Inside submodule1there is another submodule, example: repo/submodule1/submodule2. Do I have to checkout and commit changes in submodule1 ...
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Setting path for GIT submodule within a python project?

I have two projects A and B. B is a git submodule being called in a script called run.py of A. When I run it, fails telling me it can't find some inner module of B (ERROR 1). To solve this I add on ...
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Git Submodule versions

I am working with projects that have dependencies and I was wondering, if I have a project with a submodule inside and everything is updated, but I need to check an older version of that project. When ...
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`git diff --submodule=diff` doesn't show diff in submodule that points to a different repository

As an example of my problem, consider ssh2-rs repo has a submodule at the path libssh2-sys/libssh2 that points to libssh2 repo. Now, within ssh2-rs@0.2.19 [d2ef03f] and ssh2-rs@0.2.20[1fcf8d3], the ...
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Convert a git submodule into a normal folder with the same name causes trouble

We have a repo with a setup like this: Main/ |--utilities/ Main and utilities are both git repos (not their actual names). Utilities was added to main as a submodule. We decided that utilities ...
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Error in Windows Docker git: cd: .git: Not a directory

I have a Windows 10 host with a mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/sdk:4.8-windowsservercore-ltsc2019 Docker image, git was installed via RUN powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned ` iex (new-...
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git submodule checkout latest commit of different branch from respective remotes

My parent project has a couple of submodules added to it. For deployment purposes, I want to checkout a specific branch eg master, staging, etc in each submodule and pull the latest commit of this ...
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Track branches with git submodule

I'm needing to use the git submodules so that my parent repository can track changes that occur in specific branches. I have a project with testing, beta and production branches. Both my parent and ...
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How to keep folder structure while share common code across projects in git?

I have the following directory structure that I'd like to keep it while share some of the directories across different projects. I'd like to achieve something like this: root |_dir1 (git repo1) |...
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TF401019: The Git repository with name or identifier public does not exist or you do not have permissions for the operation you are attempting

I have two ADO repositories named private2 and public2. private2 references public2 as a submodule: I also added a yaml file (vsts-cicd.yml) for build as follows: resources: repositories: - ...
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How to include latex packages after downloading them as submodules via Git?

I was recently asked to contribute in a latex project which is already relatively large. The main project is in one folder lets call it "project". There ist also another folder called "...
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